University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 6 Static Physiotherapist - HCOP
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Job Summary
This is your opportunity to join dynamic and evolving therapy teams at Good Hope Hospitals; part of UHB.
Developing your clinical and interdisciplinary team working skills and support your career development. We have an exciting Band 6 position to support our HCOP, Medicals team.
We are searching for an experienced B5 who is ready to become a B6 looking for new opportunities. Currently, the positions cover our HCOP and Medical wards at Good Hope hospitals. You will work as part of the therapy team supporting patients to return home as soon as possible by providing timely and regular therapy interventions maximising their chances of staying at home.
Are you dynamic, innovative and highly motivated HCPC registered Physiotherapist with experience in a broad range of therapy teams/clinical areas? You will be an excellent team worker with knowledge across a range of Physiotherapy treatments. Alternatively, this experience could be invaluable for your career progression to Band 7 roles. You will be working within a friendly supportive environment where we are committed to continued professional and career development of all staff.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
To provide therapeutic assessment, management and treatment of patients in a variety of specialties within the Acute hospital setting; working within the HCOP and Medicals team at Good Hope hospitals. Focusing interventions to a wide variety of clinical cases, applying physiotherapy knowledge. There will be a strong focus on facilitating discharges home, or to other care pathways. You should possess excellent communication, prioritisation and organisational skills; and have experience in working in a multidisciplinary team. Undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records. Furthermore assisting with supervision, education and co-ordination of generic Therapy Support Workers and Junior therapists.
You should be willing to participate in seven day working.
In return you will gain excellent clinical and leadership experience. You will also develop organisational skills and service development experience.
If you would like to discuss this post or require further details, please contact Caroline Wall Team - B7 Physiotherapist on 0121 424 9035 or email Caroline.wall@uhb.nhs.uk
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
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Job Description
Please Note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma / degree in physiotherapy.
- Current registration with Health Care Professions Council.
- A levels or equivalent qualification
- Good standard of general education including GCSE maths and English grade C and above.
- Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality.
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership training.
- Attendance at Clinical Educators Course.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates comprehensive clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality.
- Significant experience of working in an acute hospital setting including acute hospital experience in a broad variety of clinical areas
- Experience of team/service development.
- Experience of supporting and supervision of junior therapists, student physiotherapists and assistants.
- A specialist knowledge across a range of therapy practices, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of therapy.
- Good understanding of working in an Acute Hospital Trust.
- Understanding of current legislation and application to Physiotherapy.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Highly developed physical skills including dexterity, co-ordination & sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information.
- An ability to prioritise and organise own workload.
- An ability to cope with a range of complex options, finds solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action.
- An ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team utilising generic therapy competencies
- IT skills -- computer literate in email, Word & PowerPoint
- Demonstrate enthusiasm for the specialist areas.
- Demonstrate a professional attitude
- An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis.
- An ability to frequently concentrate on patient assessments and treatments.
- An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing/emotional situations.
- Able to contribute to weekend and evening service.
- Ability to take part in respiratory on-call rota
- Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within the clinical area.
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Caroline Wall
01214249035
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9017241-1
Job locations
Good Hope Hospital Rectory Rd Sutton Coldfield West Midlands B75 7RR
Attachments
Job Description
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